Annual Conference
Farmington, New Mexico
October 13-14, 2006
San Juan College Conference Facility
Theme: BEYOND THE STANDARDS: LANGUAGE ARTS FOR LIFE
For the past few years, much of
our focus has been on curriculum standards and benchmarks.
At the same time we know that many aspects of the language arts can't
be easily standardized or tested.
This year's conference is about how we teach our students to make
reading, writing, speaking,
and listening a rich part of their daily lives.
Conference
Speakers
The keynote speaker will be
NCTE's English Journal editor Louann Reid of Colorado State
University.
She is also the
author/editor of several texts including the
well-known Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing for grades 9 - 12.
NCTE is cosponsoring Ms. Reid's appearance.
Friday
luncheon speaker is Ross
Burkhardt, past president of the National Middle
School Association,
as well as
the author of Writing
for Real: Strategies for Engaging
Adolescent
Writers.
Burkahrdt's most recent book is "Using Poetry in the
Classroom: Engaging Students in Learning"
(Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006).